Modern Control Systems An Introduction by SM Tripathi

Designed for a short course on control systems or as a review of the modern approach for professional engineers, this book provides a lucid introduction to control systems topics. The five chapters, 'State-Variable Analysis of Continuous-Time Systems,' 'Analysis of Discrete-Time Systems,' 'Stability Analysis of Non-Linear Systems,' 'Optimal Control,' and 'Adaptive Control' have been written to emphasize concepts and provide only the basic mathematical derivations. The standard topics for a modern approach are covered, e.g., eigenvalues, eigenvectors, the z-transform, Lyapunov?s Method, controllability, observability, etc. Numerous examples and exercises have been included in the book for self-study. A CD-ROM with applications and third-party software provides practical design techniques and observations of real control systems.

KEY FEATURES

• Uses a state-variable approach which is more suitable for digital computation and more effective for the design of linear, non-linear, time-variant or timeinvariant, SISO, or MIMO systems.
•     ncludes a CD-ROM with third-party software, applications, and simulations with practical design techniques and observations of actual control systems.